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ORNAMENT FOR CURTAIN POLES.

Patented Sept. 21, 1 886.

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UN TED STATES EDVARD A. FOY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM F. FOY, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENT FOR CURTAIN-'POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349.640, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed September 24, 1885. 7 Serial No. 178,012. (No model.)

' tain-poles.

The silvering, gilding, and coating of glass to produce a reflecting-surface is old, and I make no claim to the same. The. interior of these curtain-pole ornaments may be prepared in any of the ordinary methods. Itis also old to protect a coated reflecting-surface from the atmosphere by an application of varnish; but from the structure of these ornaments and the necessity of having them inexpensive, such a method of excluding the air wouldbeimpracticable. I preferably prepare the interior by pouring in a liquid solution, which is rinsed around, forming a thin coating on the interior. This coating, thin as it is, is then securely protected from the atmosphere and moisture by filling a portion of the neck of the ornament with plaster-of-paris or other suitable substance, which also serves to strengthen the ornament at its point of attachment to the pole, where there is .the greatest danger of breakage.

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of my improved curtain-pole knob; Fig. 2, a cross-section through the neck. 7

A is the glass ornament,\vhieh may be made in the shape of a hall, or any other form to suittaste or fancy. B is the curtain-pole. The

silvering, gildiug, or coating on the interior is indicated asa, and may be of any color or form. The neck a is preferably made flaring for a part atleast of the distance toward its opening. The neck a, which is flaring, has one or more longitudinal ribs or lugs, a, and, preferably, has circular or other corrugations for more firmly securing the plaster in its place. A suitable substance is dropped into the neck to close the aperture to the ball and protect the coating on the sides of the neck from the moisture of the plaster-of-paris or other suitable substance with which the neck is filled up to about the line a". A screw, a is embedded in this filling, the head of the screw having one or more lateral projections,a, which rest against the ribs or lugs a, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2, and serve to preserve the rigidity of the screw and prevent it from turning when the ornament is being screwed into the pole. These reflecting-surface glass ornaments'are .more tasty and beautiful than the metal ornaments heretofore in use, and will retain indefinitely their brillianey.

I claim- A glass ornament for curtaiupoles coated on its interior so as to produce a reflecting-surface, aud having a neck provided with ribs a and filled. with plaster-of-paris to the line a,

in combination with screw a", having projections (0, and embedded in the filling, as and for the purpose set forth.v

EDVARD A. FOY. 

